Book tooling and lettering press.



No. 892,847. PATBNTED JULY 7, 1908.

M. KALABA. BOOK TOOLING AND LETTERING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.17,1907.

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M. KALABA.

BOOK TOOLING AND LETTERING PRESS.

APPLIOATIOH FILED BEPT.17,1907.

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No.'892,s4v. PATENTED JULY v, 1908.

, M. KALABA.

BOOK TOOLING AND LETTERING PRESS. APPLICATION FILED 3221217, 1907.

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' WITNESSES v ,NVENTOR M agorraa fizlaa/ ATTORNEYS MORRIS KALABA, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

BOOK TOOLING AND LETTERING PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July '7, 1908.

Application filed September 17, 1907. Serial No. 393,306.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lllORRIS KALABA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Rochelle, in the county of lVestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Book Tooling and Let tering Press, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to means for tooling and lettering the rounded backs of books. This is now accomplished by means of hand tools on the better grades of books, these tools being for the most part small, and print but a ortion of a panel or ornamental figure, a sing e panel or figure requiring the ap lication of many tools, and in the methoc now employed the lettering is done with a single line of type. The laborious character of this work and the frequent use of these small tools adds greatly to the cost of bindings so finished, but even with the expenditure of the time and labor required by such method the results are far from satisfactory in that the impressions of the different hand tools cannot be uniformly made for the reason that the tools are of different size and consequently are not subjected to a uniform pressure by the hand of the user, and the impressions made by the different hand tools of a panel are, therefore, uneven and not in harmony with each other.

The invention has for its object, therefore, to provide a machine that is simple in construction, effective and positive in operation, and adapted to readily print entire panels or combinations of characters or lettering on the rounded backs of books at a single opera tion, and to make the impressions even and uniform, at the same time avoiding the expense and disadvantage arising from the small tools operated by hand.

Other objects relating to the specific con struction and special arrangement of the several parts will be understood from the following description and accompanying drawings, in which drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book tooling and lettering press embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of a rocking tool holder taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a book holder taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 11; Fig. 6 is an enlarged front elevation of the lower end of the tool holder shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 7 is a horizontal section taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 2 Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal section taken 011 the line 88 of Fig. 2; Fig. 9 is a side elevation of an adjustable stop attached to the book holder; Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a rocking tool holder and its support; Fig. 11 is a plan of a traveling book holder mounted upon a bed plate; and Fig. 12 is a side elevation of a right and left hand screw for adjusting the connection between the tool holder and book holder.

As illustrated in the drawings, 1 represents a suitable base, to which is attached a base plate 2 by means of bolts 3 or otherwise. Bearing plates 4 are attached to the bed plate 2 and provided with bearings adapted to receive a rock shaft 5, upon which shaft is mounted a bed plate 6 by means of lugs or ears 7 fixedly attached to the bed plate 6, thereby enabling the bed plate 6 to rock transversely of its length. The rocking bed plate 6 is provided with angular longitudinal recesses 8 engaging corresponding ribs 9 formed on a traveling carriage 10, thereby providing a dove-tail connection between said carriage and the bed plate 6, and enabling the carriage to slide lengthwise of said bed plate. The bed plate 6 is provided with a rack 11, which is engaged by a pinion 12 operated by a hand wheel 13 and adapted thereby to move the carriage longitudinally of the bed plate 6. Clamping jaws 14 are mounted to move transversely of the carriage 10 by means of lugs 15 which reject into the transverse recess 16 formed 1n the carriage 10, and engage a right and left hand screw 17 provided with a hand operating wheel so as to adjust the clamping jaws 14 relatively to each other to hold books of diifercnt thick nesses. Guide bars 18 are secured to the carriage 10 and engage the clamping jaws 14 and hold said jaws against torsional movement on said carriage. A stop 19 is attached to one of the jaws 14, adapted to bear against one end of a book while the book is being adjusted in its proper position in the book holder. Stops 20 are secured to the rocking bed plate 6 and may be made adjustable thereon by means of thumb screws 21 so as to set the stops at any desired distance apart. A tongue 22 is pivotally mounted upon one end of the carriage 10 with its free outer end in line with the stops 20, so that by bringing said end of the tongue in engagement with one of these stops the osition of the book holder is adjusted relatively to its bed plate and tothe tool holding mechanism hereinafter described' A standard 23 extends upward from the main bed plate 2 and is preferably of gooseneck formation, and is provided on its outer end with a head 24 having an aperture adapted to receive the shank 25 of an arm which is bent at its lower portion and provided with a wrist pin 26 as shown in Fig. 3. The back of the arm 25 is provided with a rack 27 which is engaged by a pinion 28 mounted upon a spindle 29 having a hand wheel 30 attached thereto, as shown in Fig. 7, by means of which said bent arm and the mechanism mounted thereon are raised or lowered as may be desired. A graduated scale 31 may be formed on the shank 25 of said arm to determine the proper adjustment thereof, and the arm when adjusted is held fixedly in position by means of a thumb screw 32 bearing at its inner end against the side of the shank 25 of said arm. A tool holder is rockingly mounted upon the wrist pin 26 and may be constructed of a yoke 33 provided on its opposite sides with apertures adapted to bear upon the wrist pin 26, as shown in Fig. 3. A handle bar 34 is attached to the upper portion of the yoke 33 by means of a base plate 35, which may be secured to the upper portion of the yoke 33 in any suitable manner. A recess 36 extends through the base plate and through the upper portion of the yoke 33, within which recess is pivoted at 37 a handle 38 having a bent lower portion 39 adapted to engage the upper portion of a pressure plate 40. This pressure plate is provided with lugs 41 having a sliding engagement with slots 42 formed in side plates 43 which side plates are bolted to the edges of the yoke 33 and together with said yoke form a casing for the operating mechanism of the tool holder. The side plates 43 are also provided with slots 44 which receive lugs 45 formed on a head 46. The head 46 is connected with the pressure plate 40 by means of pins 47 upon which are mounted spiral springs 48, so that as the lever 33 is operated the free end of said lever bearing agamst the pressure plate 40 will exert a pressure upon the head 46, at the same time cushioning the head. The head 46 is provided with pins 49 upon which is rock ingly mounted a die holder 50. Leaf springs 51 shown in Fig. 6 are attached to the pins 49 and bear against pins 52 so as to maintain the tool holder in its normal position, and yet allow said holder to rock lengthwise to a limited extent. The tool holder is provided with transverse apertures 53 which communicate with a chamber having a gas burner 54 arranged therein, and provided with a regulating valve connected with a sup- P y P p The die holder 50 is provided with right and left hand screws 55 upon which are mounted clamping jaws 56, adapted to hold type holders or dies 57.

The tool holder is connected with the book holder so that they rock in unison with each other, by means of parallel arms 58 fixedly attached to one of the side plates of the tool holder, and these arms are connected together by means of a pin 59, by means of which they are also connected with links 60 which are provided with slots 61 adapted to receive a rod 62 which is provided with an operating handle 63. The rod 62 also engages corresponding slots formed in the parallel links 64. The links 60 and 64 may be provided with a scale 65 by means of which the links may be projected or retracted relatively to each other, thereby increasing or decreasing the length of the sectional link connection. When the sections of the connection are adjusted as desired, they are held fixedly in position by means of nuts 66 having a threaded engagement with the ends of the rod 62. The rod 62 is provided with a right and left hand thread, as shown in Fig. 12, so that by moving the handle 63 the nuts 66 on the opposite ends of said rod may both be adjusted by a single movement of said rod. The lower sections 64 of the connection between the book holder and tool holder are pivotally connected at their lower end with levers 67 having on their inner ends toothed segments 68 which mesh with corresponding segments 69 fixedly attached to the rocking bed plate 6. The levers 67 are preferably mounted upon standards 70 which are provided with studs 71 adapted to engage slots 72 formed in said levers, so as to permit the levers 67 to be adjusted on said standards. By means of such connection, when the tool holder is rocked by means of the handle 34, the book holder is rocked in unison with the tool holder. The rocking movement of the tool holder on its wrist pin 26 may be adjusted by means of gage bars 73, which are adjustably secured in a bracket 74 by means of a set screw 75, the bracket being mounted upon the bent end 76 of the arm 25. The gage bar 73 may, if desired, be provided with a graduated scale 77 to aid in the adjustment of the gage bars.

When the parts are in operation, the carriage 10 may be readily withdrawn from under the tool holder by rotating the hand wheel 13, thereby enabling the book to be readily placed on the carriage. The jaws 14 are adjusted to provide for books of diiferent thicknesses, by means of the right and left hand screw 17. After the book has been placed in the carriage with its end bearing against the stop 19, the clamping jaws are pressed against the sides of the book and with the carriage moved forward to its proper place under the tool holder. The stops 20 on the bed plate 6 are first adjusted in accordance with the position of the different panels to be formed on the back of a book, and the carriage and holder may be readily brought in their proper place under the tool holder so as to bring any desired panel on the back of a book beneath the die or tool in the holder, by placing the tongue 22 against the appropriate stop on the bed plate 6, thereby quickly and accurately adjusting the desired panel of the back of a book beneath the tool in the holder. The tool desired to be used is placed within the holder and by operating the right and left hand screws the clamping jaws 56 are brought firmly against the edges of the tool 57. The tool is heated by means of the burner 54, the heat from said burner passing through the apertures 53 of the tool holder. After the tool becomes sufficiently heated, gold leaf or other material is placed over the back of the book and the tool pressed onto the gold leaf so as to form on the back of the book the impression of the die, tool or letters used. In order to impress the die or lettering evenly on the rounded back of a book, the tool holder is rocked on the wrist pin 26 by means of the handle 34, and the book holder is also rocked in unison with the tool holder by means of the arms 58 connected with the tool holder, the links 60 and 64 connected with said arms and the toothed segments 68 and 69 connected with said links and the bed plate of the tool holder, respectively. By means of such simultaneously rocking movement of the tool holder and book holder, an even impression is made on the rounded back of a book and all of the parts of a panel or section of a book may be made at a single operation. As the tool holder is rocked in its bearing, pressure is applied to the die holder by means of the lever 38 which is arranged in operative relation with the handle of the tool holder. As the lever 38 is piessed inward toward the handle 34, the inner end of said lever forces downward the pressure plate 40, which in turn, by means of the intermediate springs 48, presses the head 46 which carries the die holder and gives the desired amount of pressure on the die or tool, at the same time permitting the die holder to yield to any inequality or unevenness on the back of the book.

The pivotal attachment of the die holder on the head 46 by means of the pins 49, and the double leaf spring 51 connected therewith, allows the tool-holder a limited rocking movement in the direction of the length of the book so as to compensate for any varia tion in the height of the back of the book when in the holder, while the adjustable feature of the connecting links 60 and 64 provides means for enabling books of different widths to be rocked evenly with the tool holder.

In the construction herein shown and del l l v scribed, I have embodied my invention in its preferred form. I do not desire, however, to be limited to such construction, as other l means having similar capabilities may be used without departing from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A book tooling and lettering press comprising a book holder having a rocking movement transversely of its length, and provided with clamping jaws, a rocking tool holder, and means connecting said tool holder and book holder to cause said holders to operate in unison.

2. A book tooling and lettering press comprising a rocking book holder having a laterally adjustable clamping jaw, a rccking die holder, means connecting said. tool holder and book holder to cause said holders to rock in unison, and a cushioned die carried by said die holder.

3. A book tooling and lettering press, comprising a rocking tool holder, a book holder comprising a bed plate mounted on an axis parallel with the back thereof, a carriage movable longitudinally of said bed plate, clamping jaws movable transversely of said carriage, and mechanism connected with said tool holder and book holder to cause said holders to be operated in unison.

4. A book tooling and lettering press, comprising a die holder, a book holder having a bed plate mounted to rock on an axis extending parallel with said bed plate, a carriage movable lengthwise of said bed plate, clamping jaws adjustable transversely of said carriage, stops adjustably secured to said bed plate, means connected with said carriage adapted to engage said stops, and mechanism connecting said book holder and die holder to cause said holders to be operated in unison.

5. A book tooling and lettering press comprising a rocking tool holder, a rocking book holder having clamping jaws, and means adjustable in length connecting the tool holder and book holder to cause said holders to be rocked in unison.

6. A book tooling and lettering press, comprising a rocking tool holder, a rocking book holder provided with a toothed segment, an arm fixedly attached to the tool holder, a pivoted lever provided with a toothed segment engaging the toothed segment of the book holder, and links pivotally connected at their outer ends with said arm and lever respectively, and adjustably connected together at their inner ends.

7. A book tooling and lettering press, comprising a tool holder mounted to rock on an axis above its face, a book holder mounted to swing on an axis parallel to the axis of the tool holder, and provided with a laterally adjustable clamping jaw, the

free sides of said holders facing each other,

means for moving said holders toward each other to bring the face of the tool holder into frictional engagement with the curved back of a book while in the book holder, and means for rocking the tool holder in unison with the book holder.

8. A book tooling and lettering press, comprising a rocking tool holder, a rocking book holder, mechanism connected with said tool holder and book holder to cause said holders to be rocked in unison, a tool secured to said holder, and means for exerting a pressure on said tool while said tool holder and book holder are being rocked in umson.

9. A book tooling and lettering press comprising a pivoted bed plate, a carriage having a traveling movement on said bed plate, clamping jaws adjustable transversely of said carriage, a rocking tool holder, and means connecting said tool holder and book holder to cause said holders to operate in unison.

10. A book tooling and lettering press, comprising a rocking tool holder, provided with clamping jaws; a rocking book holder, means connected with said tool holder and book holder to cause said holders to be operated in unison, and means for limiting the rocking movement of the tool holder.

11. A book tooling and lettering press, comprising a rocking book holder, a standard, an arm vertically adjustable on said standard, a tool holder rockingly mounted on said arm, and consisting of a casing, a pressure plate arranged within said casing,

a head supported in said casing, a yielding connection between said pressure plate and head, a fixed handle secured to said casing, a pivoted lever arranged in operative relation to said fixed handle and adapted to bear against said pressure plate, and a die holder mounted to rock on said head in the direction of the length of said book holder, and means connecting said tool holder and book holder so as to cause said holders to be rocked in unison.

12. In a book tooling and lettering press, a supporting arm, a tool holder comprising a casing rockingly mounted upon said supporting arm, a pressure plate arranged within said casing, a head having a sliding engagement with said casing, a die holder rockingly mounted on said head, a spring holding said die holder normally in a level position, and clamping jaws secured to said die holder.

13. A book tooling and lettering press, comprising a bed plate, a book holder having a rocking movement transversely of its length on said bed plate, a standard, a vertically adjustable arm mounted on said standard, a tool holder mounted to rock on said arm, and mechanism connecting said holders to cause the tool holder and book holder to be rocked in unison.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS KALABA.

Witnesses:

THOS. B. SI-IEEHAN, WILLIAM H. SEALY. 

